It has begun.
We’re taking about the roadwork on Dufferin Avenue in Wallaceburg.
Birnam Excavating began the work on the rehabilitation project on July 5.
Two lanes of traffic on Dufferin Avenue, and access to all properties and businesses, will be maintained at all times throughout construction.
Lane restrictions may occur and the contractor will have flag persons available to direct traffic.
Municipal officials anticipate construction will be completed by December, with site restoration being completed in Spring 2024.
Back in May, after the municipality was declined cash from the provincial Connecting Link funding in 2017 and 2018, the Ford Government agreed to dole out $3 million to help with the $8.7-million project.
This project consists of the rehabilitation of Dufferin Avenue from McNaughton Avenue to the west limits of Wallaceburg. The work includes the replacement of the water main from Arnold Street to the western limits; installation of a new storm sewer between Arnold and McNaughton Avenue; as well as curb replacement and new sidewalk along portions of Dufferin.
There will also be traffic signal and intersection improvements.
The Ministry of Transportation’s Connecting Links Program aids municipalities with repairing designated municipal roadways and bridges that connect two ends of a provincial highway through a community or to a border crossing, the municipal report stated.
